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| I am 54 years old, weigh 162 and 5 foot 4 I have been trying to lose weight for about 6months. My daily food intake is, no breakfast, a salad for lunch then for dinner 1/2 cup mashed potatoes, 1/2 cup corn, 1pork shop. No bread for a snack I might eat 1 cup chips. Right now I have a stress factor in the lower left leg so don't exercise much. I also eat LOTS of fruit. Grapes, pears, apples from my trees so no pesticides on the fruit. What can I do to get this fat off of me. | |
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| No potatoes and no corn, lots of good veggies of all colors, eat breakfast, you are slowing your metabolism by not eating, small meals throughout the day which slows down anyway as we age. | |
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 I Prefer a Beard
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| I have had success using weight watchers. It's easy to use and effective. | |
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Sock Snob
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| Cut your carbs. No potatoes use sweet potates. No corn andno rice. Follow low carb and weight will fall off. I am a diabetic and just watch carbs my blood sugar is good and weight is falling off. I am 57. also, no bread or potato chips. Cheese, fruit, meat, veggie.and other things. | |
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 Cotton Balls are the Devil
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Location: My own little world! | Change up your dinner veggies and your pork chop to chicken or fish. Eat your pork chop on the weekends. Snack on almonds or other nuts instead of chips. (raw and plain)
Start with small, manageable changes.
Also, I don't know what you are drinking but don't "drink your calories" or drink pop. Water with lemon. | |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Eat breakfast. Get your carbs mainly from fruits and veggies, and eat a little protein with them. A smear of peanutbutter or a little piece of cheese with fruit makes an awesome snack and will help moderate the blood sugar spike from the fruit sugars. Brown rice, old fashioned or steel cut oats, and quinoa are good choices if you feel like you need grains, eaten with a little fat and protein for balance. Most of your calories should come from breakfast and lunch, fuel for your day.
Don't be afraid to branch out and buy fruits and veggies from the store or farmer's market. Despite what the memes on FB say, there is no evidence that pesticide residue causes weight-gain. | |
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| Three 4 Luck - 2015-09-16 7:42 AM Eat breakfast. Get your carbs mainly from fruits and veggies, and eat a little protein with them. A smear of peanutbutter or a little piece of cheese with fruit makes an awesome snack and will help moderate the blood sugar spike from the fruit sugars. Brown rice, old fashioned or steel cut oats, and quinoa are good choices if you feel like you need grains, eaten with a little fat and protein for balance. Most of your calories should come from breakfast and lunch, fuel for your day.
Don't be afraid to branch out and buy fruits and veggies from the store or farmer's market. Despite what the memes on FB say, there is no evidence that pesticide residue causes weight-gain.
You have lots of good advice on here. I just wanted to say, you can do it!!!! | |
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Location: Missouri | Eat your protein and big leafy greens!! Avoid high starch foods like the corn and potatoes your eating. Eat breakfast, go for a 2-3 egg omelette with onions,peppers, and spinach and a cup of berries on the side, for lunch go with 4oz of chicken breasts grilled on top of a spinach salad with balsamic vinaigrette on the side and an apple with a tblspn of nut butter, and for dinner, 4oz of meat again with a cup of broccoli or asparagus (no butter). Drink plenty of water, get 8 hours of sleep and if you need a snack, choose almonds, fruits, and veggies. You can do this!!  | |
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| You are taking in too much sugar and starch (which turns into sugar). Eat high fat (no trans fat), High protein, low starch and low sugar. Good example is that you can still have your pork chops. Have your salad...with spinach (no croutons), apple, grapefruit. Penut butter or some dark chocolate when you have a sweet tooth. Granola also. Very little dairy...but 1 cup of milk, or yogurt is fine. Do some research on low starch veggies and fruits that are low on the glycemic index. More protein than anything else. | |
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| Weight Watchers would be a really good choice for you. I've never done it, but my husband has. I haven't needed to because: I am 5'2 1/2"...weight 127..age 55...I cannot eat potatoes, corn, and too much fruit and still maintain my weight....carbs pack on the fat! Plus they make you stay hungry and also causes the crash that sabotages people so badly...steals energy and motivation. You don't do bread but all the carbs you are taking in turn into sugar just as bread does.
I was just at the doctor yesterday for a physical....he went over my weight the past 10 years and even though I'm at the heavier end of my "norm"...it has flunctuated in a very consistent way of staying in the 120's...low 120's to high 120's for many, many years...I'm always in the 22 range of BMI which is the main thing...staying in the correct BMI....if I ate potatoes, corn and TOO much fruit (I do eat fruit everyday), my weight would get out of control very easily. I feel really bad when I eat the wrong foods and if I feel too heavy....that's my motivation for keeping my weight under control...I do not like to feel bad. Good luck with finding what works for you. Healthy is the best way to go!!!
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | MOTIVATED - 2015-09-16 10:30 AM You are taking in too much sugar and starch (which turns into sugar). Eat high fat (no trans fat), High protein, low starch and low sugar. Good example is that you can still have your pork chops. Have your salad...with spinach (no croutons), apple, grapefruit. Penut butter or some dark chocolate when you have a sweet tooth. Granola also. Very little dairy...but 1 cup of milk, or yogurt is fine. Do some research on low starch veggies and fruits that are low on the glycemic index. More protein than anything else.
this is great advice!!! My suggestion would be to go to Amazon and order the book called Trim Healthy Mama!! It helped me lose about 25lbs in 8 weeks by just cutting out processed sugar, flour, and separating my fats from my carbs. Its easy to do because you can eat real, clean, food. After I got through detoxing from sugar (which was h*ll) I felt amazing. | |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| Yes, you need to stay away from starchy veggies and eat breakfast. Since you like fruit, eat a fruit for breakfast. Another thing is drink a large 8-16oz glass of water before you do anything in the morning.
The starchy veggies are potatoes, corn, and peas. Those have points values for Weight Watchers. The others are considered zero.
Carrots, green beans, lettuce, broccoli, spinach, zuchinni, tomatoes, radishes, celery, etc are all zero.
Fruits are considered zero too, but if you eat too many of them, then they do add points, because of the sugars.
The veggies and fruit act as fiber, which helps your digestion. If you eat protein rich foods, like pork, chicken, turkey, almonds, etc, between the protein and fiber, you won't be hungry. | |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | Dont eat after 6 or 7 at latest.fruit drinks ,sodas and alcohol stay away from.no seasonings, creams, butter etc either
Edited by Bibliafarm 2015-09-16 2:50 PM
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The fruit is likely your problem, fruit is loaded with sugar. A piece of fruit a day is good....LOTS of fruit is going to make you fat.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/is-fruit-sabotaging-your-weight-loss/article598169/ | |
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Elite Veteran
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| This breakfast thing is going to be really hard but I am going to start in the a.m. I eat the fruit with no pesticides because we have the trees and it is so easy to go out in the yard an pick an apple or pear or grape or two. Plus I love that type of fruit. I have started eating lots of fruit during the day either grapes with peanut butter or grapes with cheese. We only get about 17 mins for lunch so I have to scarf down what I can get in me. I am also packing my lunch each night to bring the next day which is a salad or progressive soup. I am just going to have to convince myself that potatoes are bad for me and cut them out.
Thanks for all the advice I am going to try my best to stick with this I will keep y'all informed. I hope by Christmas to be down at least 20 lbs. | |
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| INCREASE your fat intake. YES, I said INCREASE it. Decrease your carb intake. Take out ALL breads, wheats, pasta's, etc. If you don't know what is a true carb, learn. Don't worry too much about the fruit and veggie carbs though. You need to increase your fruits and veggies if you are like most people. Eat enough meat. I don't care if it's red, white or other. Increased fat does NOT include gravy though, unless it is flour free. A little corn starch maybe. There is actually a "Peanut Butter Diet" that has you eat a tablespoon of peanut butter before every meal. The fat and protein fulfills your appetite so you eat less "fillers". A great desert is fresh berries w/nuts, and cream. YES whipping cream! Again, stay away from the sugars and wheats, grains, etc.... The book "Protein Power" is a great read. It's a oldie but goodie and gives you lots of meal ideas. Good luck! You won't feel hungry on this diet... | |
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| And stay away from artificial sweeteners in Diet Coke and a lot of diet drinks...this includes Splenda and Sweet & Low...they are really toxic to your liver and your liver health is so important when it comes to burning fat. | |
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Location: Beggs, OK | cavlier - 2015-09-16 3:14 PM This breakfast thing is going to be really hard but I am going to start in the a.m. I eat the fruit with no pesticides because we have the trees and it is so easy to go out in the yard an pick an apple or pear or grape or two. Plus I love that type of fruit. I have started eating lots of fruit during the day either grapes with peanut butter or grapes with cheese. We only get about 17 mins for lunch so I have to scarf down what I can get in me. I am also packing my lunch each night to bring the next day which is a salad or progressive soup. I am just going to have to convince myself that potatoes are bad for me and cut them out. Thanks for all the advice I am going to try my best to stick with this I will keep y'all informed. I hope by Christmas to be down at least 20 lbs.
You didn't mention peanut butter and cheese in your first post...I bet if you kept a diary of absolutely everything you eat and drink in a day you'd be shocked at how many calories you consume.
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| Of note about detoxing from sugar: When I am eating really healthy and behaving myself the very best...as in little to no sugar and eating meats, veggies, nuts and only 1-2 fruits a day, very little grains...what I call God's food with almost no processed food in my diet at all; I feel almost ridiculously good! As in so much energy it's hard to explain...a natural "high" maybe? When I am not eating as well as I should...tired, moody, grumpy, and my body kind of aches compared to when I'm eating the good stuff. | |
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| Gut health is an extremely important factor when you are trying to lose weight and can't. Get on a good Probiotic. Once your gut flora is better and at a healthy level you should start seeing changes. Drink LOTS of water. I can not stress this enough. Water helps the body eliminate toxins from the digestive tract and blood stream. Try to drink at least half your weight in ounces a day.
Also, don't fixate on the scale. Do measurements as well. You might find that you are losing inches before pounds. | |
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